"the Terrascopædia bridges the aesthetic divide between Arts and Crafts movement publications and twentieth-century music fanzines. This series is something very special." Fiddlers Green magazine
"With hand-cut paper and as much attention to artistry as the musicians it features inside, the publication is one of a kind - a rare example of format and subject matter working together in perfect harmony" Pressing Matters, issue 7
Terrascopædia issue 23 - published September 2024
Terrascopædia issue 23 published in September 2024. Interviews include Californian solo artist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Meg Baird, 1970s Rockfield/UA recording artists Hobo, Norwich-based ragged guitar and lap-steel country-rockers Brown Horse and and interview with folk songstress, multi-instrumentalist (and letterpress artist!) Sally Anne Morgan. Each copy is entirely hand made from cover to cover, typeset one letter, one word and one line at a time, and is printed in full colour on hand-made acid-free, laid paper cut to Small Post quarto (9 inches by 7 inches) on a fully restored 1926 vintage, 10cwt Arab Foolscap Folio treadle press. 150 copies available.
Please be aware that due to the hand-crafted nature of this publication, small mistakes are bound to occur and no two copies can ever be exactly the same.
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